Sentence examples for dependable character from inspiring English sources

(Its horizontal proportions are meant to imply "solid, dependable character").

He was both a leading man and an utterly dependable character actor.

How did a former gang member with a Texas drawl grow up to be one of the most dependable character actors of the last half-century?

The sociologist Christine B. Whelan reports that by 2008, men's interest in a woman's education and intelligence had risen to No. 4, just after mutual attraction, dependable character and emotional stability.

He was regarded as a dependable character actor and appeared in such disparate fare as Niagara (1953), Welles's Touch of Evil (1958), the science-fiction story From the Earth to the Moon (1958), and the gothic shocker Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), and his performance in the critically reviled Heaven's Gate (1980) was singled out for praise.

But stand and screech and gamely slosh the booze she does while Mr. Damon's spy helps win the war and later helps turn the C.I.A. into a shadow empire with some dependable character actors: Mr. De Niro as one of the agency's founders, the dependably great Alec Baldwin as an F.B.I. agent and an equally fine William Hurt as the pipe-smoking head of the C.I.A.

"It's a strong, sturdy looking animal - perfect for the dependable, reliable character who was always willing to lend a helping paw.

In his view and theirs, Dinkins was a dependable voice of liberal reform, and a man of good character.

Dependable leading man, and later, character actor, with a long career.

With reality gimmicks like emo-rock cues, dramatic cutaways and chronologically remixed story lines, the show created dependable redemption arcs for its characters that helped distract the audience from the fact that the biggest celebrity on "Celebrity Rehab" was Dr. Drew.

No longer the steadfast character anchored by her equally dependable mate and surrounded by a cast of off-kilter family members and friends, the scenario has been inverted.